Browsing the "cancer" Tag

July is just around the corner and that means it will be my birthday soon. I will be 35, and I say that with great pride because getting older in this uncertain world (i.e., living with a gemistocytic astrocytoma) means [...]

Take a load off. Watching a video like this helps me to stop worrying about myself and puts the world in perspective. The universe is far beyond my own terrestrial problems. View from the ISS at Night from Knate Myers [...]

Which team is the best in Major League Baseball? The San Francisco Giants, of course. If you’ve read more than a couple posts here on my blog you may have figured out that I am a Giants fan. And lately [...]

What to do while you’re waiting for your cancer to come back It sounds pessimistic, but let’s be real: even when you are moving on with your life and enjoying survivorship or remission, you still worry about cancer from time [...]

Can owning a pet count as palliative cancer treatment? I’ve heard there is a correlation between owning a pet and a reduced cancer risk. It has something to do with pets helping lower stress and blood pressure. I no longer [...]

I do not pretend to know what it is like, but I think I am gleaning what troubles Liz about the use of the classification of her as a “survivor”. Liz has what is presently an incurable form of brain [...]

The National Brain Tumor Society recently sent an announcement that they will be discontinuing their Patient Line and Support Network to instead focus more on research and public policy. While I am bummed about the discontinuation of the patient support [...]

Seriously. When have I ever let anything get in my way when it comes to cancer? There is the battle itself. Seizures. Surgery. Rehabilitation. Chemotherapy. I can handle it. And now that I live with cancer I’ve transitioned into a passionate [...]

Have a brain tumor or other neurological disorder? Interested in how the brain works? Want to kick ass and defeat your disease? Check out some of the books on my reading list. (This list will be updated as I finish [...]

A co-worker sent an email (to all 250+ of us) saying he’d just read an article that linked cell phone usage to brain tumors. OK. That’s a fair warning. Then he included a link to a website where we could [...]

It’s been about two full months since my last week of Temodar. I got a haircut over a month ago but lately my ‘do has been looking like a don’t, so I made an appointment to get another haircut today. [...]